Suspenders



(No Model.)

A. F. R. ARNDT. SUSPENDERS.

No. 500,524. Patented June 27, 1893.

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ALBERT F. R. ARNDT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,524, dated June2'7, 1893. Application filed April 3, 1890. Serial No. 346,489. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. R. ARNDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in suspenders, andthe invention consists in the peculiar construction of the connectionbetween the two lateral halves of the suspender, whereby each half maymove independently of the other half, such connection consisting of abar or bars pivotally connected to each half of the suspender, all asmore fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a suspender towhich my improved-connection is applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevationof the connection, and Fig. 3 is a cross section through the connectionon line w w.

A, B, are the two lateral halves of the susponder, which approach eachother at the lower part of the back portion of the webbing, at thispoint the two halves are connected together by means of the connectingbars 0, pivotally connected at its ends to the suspender webbing,preferably by forming an eye at the end of the bar, and securing in theeye, the eyelet D, which passes through the webbing, and the frontfacing strips E. I preferably employ two such bars about an inch or twoapart, and similarly connected to the webbing. A suspender thusconstructed gives free vertical movement to each half of the suspender,independent of the other half. The facing strips E cover the pivotalpoints of the connecting bars, so that there is no wear upon the body orclothing of the wearer. My device also does away with the objection to asliding connection between the parts, in which the operation of theslide is apt to be impeded by the clothing of the wearer. To this end, Ipreferably pass the eyelet only through the webbing and the front facingstrip, and place the cross bar outside the webbing and beneath the outerfacing strip. I preferably separate the two halves of the suspenderslightly, so that there will be no friction between the two parts of thewebbing in the vertical movement, and to this end I used a rigid stripfor the bar 0.

What I claim as my invention is- A pair of suspenders consisting of twostraps united near their rear ends by two or more metal bars arrangedone above the other and parallel, pivots connecting the ends of the barsand straps, a facing strip on the inner face of the straps extendingover the pivots and an outer facing strip through which the pivots passand beneath which the ends of the bars are placed, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 25th day of February, 1890.

ALBERT F. R. ARNDT.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODoenEETY, P. M. I-IULBERT.

